Lace-fastener.



No. "798,439. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. J. B. HALL.

LACE FASTENBR.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 15. 1905.

Witness ya $4 M Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT @rrrcn.

JOHN B. HALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LACE-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,439,dated June 2'7, 1905.

Application filed March 15, 1905. Serial No. 250.140.

[0 all whom it many concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. IIALL,-a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl-Vania, have invented a new and useful Lace- Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a device for securingthe end of a cord or lace, and particularly the end of a shoe-lace,although it is capable of general application and for use as a fasteningfor the laces of corsets, gloves, or any other article, provision beingmade for easily and quickly securing the loop or the extremities oflacing-strings in place after they have been woven across each other inthe usual manner, my principal object being to provide a novel devicewhich would hold securely the end of the lacing after the same had beenknotted or tied in the usual manner.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a shoe, showing thelace-fastener and its adjuncts in position. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of a lace-fastener embodying my invention shown indetached position. Fig. 3 is a detail looking at the inner side of theupper. Fig. 4: is a central vertical section through Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, it will be apparent from the embodiment of myinvention that I have provided means whereby the shoelace after beingtied in a knot 19, as indicated in Fig. 2, can be readily fastenedandprevented from unty ng.

In the construction seen in Figs. 2 and 3 I have shown the fastener asinitially composed of a corrugated or serpentine member 31, having theterminal 32 provided with slits 33, whereby a plurality of tongues 34:are formed, said tongues being adapted to be inserted through the eyelet20 and then clenched on the inner side of the shoe-upper 15, as will beunderstood from Figs. 2 and 3.

1n the preferred embodiments of my invention it will be seen that thecorrugated or serpentine tongue is present, whereby the necessaryresiliency is obtained and the device is readily adapted for the purposeintended.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A lace-fastener, consisting of a body portion having a resilientcorrugated member at one end adapted to receive a lace, and a slittedportion at the other end the slits extending away from the corrugatedmember and to the extreme end opposite thereto.

2. The combination with an upper having an eyelet, of a lace-fastenerconsisting of a body portion with a resilient corrugated member at oneend and a slitted member at the other end, the slits extending away fromthe corrugated member and to the extreme end. opposite thereto and beingpassed through the eyelet and clenched upon the same.

JOHN B. HALL.

Witnesses: v

E. HAYWARD FArRnANKs, M. G. LUKENS.

